New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-07
EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS.
THE SUBJECT TREATED FROM MANY POINTS
PAPERs BEFORE THE SOCIAL SCIENCE AssoCIATTo,
AT SARATOGA.
TBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNE1

| PAPERS BEFORE THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
| AT SARATOGA
| TBr TELEGRAPH TO THE Tribunal
SARATOGA, Sept 6.-Thomas Wentworth Hieginson. OF
Cambridge. presided Today the deliberations OF the
American socsi Science Association. acting the chair
| man OF the Department OF Education All tho papers
read in regard to education Mr. Hieginson opened
the session with entertaining address the Higher
and Lower Education and Manual and Industrial Trim
Ing" He disclamed any direct connection with the
schools Of the country although he said that, like many
| other Americans. he had performed "the melancholy
duties OF member OF a board Of education" But" he
continued. II now. the small boy did who
asked the profession OF bis fathers My father was
a deaconI believe he don't do much at 1t now" Mr.
| Bigginson continued:
on Dsrn iafs mas we s 20 were
the sc an The
snprsenG the word teacher THIS rreat difficulty with
has not b,on recognizes.
s.sei;lS ls
The direction Of manual training is positive gain and
schools s III; psS. % nds Son sn n.rua IL
make ss %.a E sGs ss% knows tina. h. .sn.
child well .. ne insec. should be cntiya..d In farm
sGo o s saTn 20 Il Would DO me S 70
sat when sy
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% The IL Ge Ss,s Of the ss 10 s
and the. the same book E repeatedly used Tas
auon .o Furhmos n: y.sn
armsrs HON. and the mscnanics Of tho school
now rsss on 10 the question Of higher education There
ps.s pSns s With
a hs % the
Then there . The sssyc :s s - N na
The more see Of the elective system ihs more T rn:s
the .nurs ten for tho
and young women college greatest liberty ssisons
their studeA
paper was read by Hamilton w. MabIe Of New.York,
on Fiction aud Social Science" Below is extract
from the paper
The novel form OF literature 10 conemporaneous with
amt % s ss d z. s I
the uoeeang and peva've influence of other lives
sense our incaicuabe obligations, our lows In The
INK my saasrns word GaSgsei and 9Ser@sns
MOVE m are ,SuGed aaa ea m ,ss n
the d TepIe.ss,ed me struggle. Of men nrst
crs within 80 doc, The novel represent the rec
ysTsy the nature manifold
cSe ranSn ann "1,%es hsve
VINO knoTn wn.t s ms.n 10 Hss@ Issr
and novss !. the difference between
ladies' H ss life ma.
The eo%%"St, Of suffering a%Das q; b, mel. iS Ts
seem more real u, tnan the ex erences through which
actually pas. We accept noihn. as ar! which 10 no,
sna SSaa Krenn. are a. dsanie and decisive
Inpo-. As Uneo ON an Tn,aneo Rssac
eo @S asi G ~ aeS most and naa n
tai Srn which men Of literary geSIn. express them
% 10 ssa no as .s' ea or c %S n"%in
escape 'T 9saess ''1ssa LOT e ..a
seeks mater OF science tho novelist seek. as matter OF
Professor f. j. James, Of the University OF PennsyL
vania. read paper on "cnairs OF Pc asoSies In our
Colleges which took the character of criticism Of ''ns
unsatisfactory character OF The teaching offered In our
'Oi'se' n0 p. ,' ~. ,,an., nV
S has 1 iSr y e h1 moi aan most ~.
oas ia our coiirsr: o 40 rSeerdasy low grade il WA
not eom.are .voFAoS WIN .e .ea'h. n,,,n 10 our
nero to that Peror ne by me best framed teachers
Of a%1.. 81 a ss b T'n 1
~ ,,u, , rt, viii whom esnr in eoats
wss 40 eciey Tor IN teaching ability To the better
masters whom bad s9S va ~ ths nrs5.r o,y schoa ., M
snir or tbry men -h, oemIoss Inc faculty Of our
lar.r eolescs sce o9eodrih can DO reSssn. as god
mssr 6nt IN that wider aud trurr SENSE AglssI
Sl o rs s SS ~. has hns
Se io%nG an a%. tSs. .S on % sr, Of
noe xo are 10 MI a aGI "a. n, shsS Of p
asosy 10 our college, and universities.
Professor James then s.eehei at length the advan'
sges 10 the colleges OF -ducasg their professors In tho
80 .. .aa h., mad h.su written nv Arthur CHI
A paper was rrah ihht n'u pcen Written ~ hI'ut VIZ
| man. OF VITA IN tuo Sor
| lcgate INSTRUCTION o. women mr. riImhu = auuress
tniies 10 a. d ga r,y y.ap. ~ Vassar aorgs
were described then that o the Harvard Annex and
other colleges for women Then Dr. Gilman went on:
We cannot doubt mat nature "a. not place. oeio 10y,
Wh.t t. be The enect on the pa, steal health u the
Gated womcni II VIII DO beneneaL have myself ca ne
oy o In ~. a,i,s 81 IT,, liz s,t..r,'n
- o The pesssnt compsnionshp ths general
broad n nr OF Tie siris nature that direction
| the lower schoo a., enrct L. very good.
The gade OF Instruction In schools Tor Enis
zee" ia, ,hs = ~, ,r"ob women A. ,eodns 10 onr
scno". aud co eges n stream OF well prepared
Teachers who viii help the men " raise the grade OF Amer
can scholars ,r. that women who marry after having
b. On trray educated mako unous than
tae. Otherwise wcull have done Women were iom ry
trained TO no 9TH outlook Dii h1mohy' az Is pa,n vs
o nj, AZ sre shoni b., her.. il ia patriotic Tor the
American his wife aud HI, daughters In such way
that they cultivate IN heir brothers anu sous Inc highest